Dough-shaping appliance.



T. H. WILLIAMS. DOUGH SHAPING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2, 1913.

' Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

WITNESSES:

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O. ZZ-whom it may concern} a 1 .1 Be itknown that LTHOMAS IIJWiLhiAlVIS, i

residing at Eugene inst'he county of LaI E maker for bread disclosed in and .State of; Oregon, have invented certainf new and useful; Improvements in-Dough f is a specificat1on.- 1' 1 i r This invention relates; to" means I for shapingadough into. loaf or gothershapeready for baking and itmore particularly} hasfor its object to improve the construction of loaf Shaping Appliances, oflwhich the following #901,577,,dated October:20, 1908. Another object-of my present': invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and easily manipulatedmeans for formingthe dough particles into neat and uniform shape l in which thelparts as so designed whereby they may be easily adjusted for shaping up 3 different sized loaves.

WVith other ob "ects in view that will here inafter appear, my present invention coniprises a dough shaping means thatembodies [the peculiar arrangement and novel c0m5 binationof parts all of which willbe hereinafter specifically pointed out in the ap pended claim andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved dough shaping machine. Flg. '21s a central longitudlnal section thereof. F1g.

3 is a transverse'section of the same on the a line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. t is a perspective view of the shaping drum, the several sections thereby being shown separated. Fig. 5 is a perspective viewof the dough chute or guide and the cloughretarder. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of apo'rtion of one end of the concaved bed members and a part of the supporting frame upon which the said members are adjustably mounted. l In carrying out my present invention, the

body or supportingportion, as well as the 'dough shaping members, are ,preferably shaped up from heavyisheetimetal, the frame consisting of two opposite I'T'l shaped mem- .-bers 11, connected near the upper edge and I at the opposite ends by the cross bars 2 riveted or in any other manner, made fast to the said members 1. y

3 designates a bed plece that extends trans- I versely of and is "made fast to the rear top ends of the members 1, and upon the said bed piece is mounted a vertically projected and rearwardly inclined chute or guideway 4 that includes opposites'ide flanges 40, that fs15ene atrdetenders Patent.

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Patenteasefpt', 22, 9 4} is 'clearlyshiowndn Fig.:2'0,fthe drawing.

that the upper endof thegchutea terminates in a receiving hopper 41, into which the dQughTcliunks are dropped, and at the lower or: discharging mouth of the said hopper 41, is mounted pairof transversely disposed opposing rolls 6T6, one of1which carries a chainwwheel: atitsouter end over which takes drivenchain 9 thatconnect's witha sprocket .wheel 5Q onthe drum shaft 51,.the latter being shown wltha crank handle, it being und st lsatsaid. sn e ket wheel Q mayb ,eojupled with any suitable drlving power.

The drum 5 consists of a central annular mm 52 and two end sections, each of which comprises a band or collar 53 and an end.

flange 54, the collars 53 being of such diameter' whereby to snugly slide edgewise within the rim 52, such, formation of the drum providing. for conveniently adjusting the drum for shapin difierent lengths of loaves.

In my present construction of dough shaping machine the curved bottom or concave comprises a pair of substantially sem1c1rcular members 12, and they are edgewise slidable and telescopicallyarranged to thereby provide for readily widening or narrowing the concave to suit the set or lateral ad justment of the shaping drum *5 and forconveniently adjusting the concave members,as stated, the ends being bent to form guides 13 that lap over and are laterally slidable upon the cross pieces or bars 2 andz3 as is clearly shown in detail by Figs. 1 and 2.

The dough chute in my present constructlon is split to form a. tongue 415, and the sald tongue 45 is bent inwardly and has its lower end turned or coiled to form a transto effect the working or kneading and also the expulsigln of the gases contained project;overthe front edge of thebed piece 33 d bctweenthe end'lfianges of the shaping drum 5,-present1ynagain referred to and as t willbenoticed, byreferring to Fig. 2,

Within the dough and at "the same time it provides against a possible clogging or ex cessive lumping of the dough at thezentrance end of the shaping space for the reason that too great amount of dough pressurejatsuch end will c'ausetheretarder to slightly yield or move back. l I

From the foregoing taken in connection with the drawing, the complete arrangement of the parts that constitute my' improved be readily understood;

chute hopper and are drawn through the bottom thereof by the rolls 66 which feed" the flattened dough. down the inclined chute.

The dough, as it passes down,- see Fig. 2, enga es the retarding element and is turned up or kneaded, and as it drops from theretarder it passes into the shaping space, and as it isshaped it is carried forwardlyand discharged onto' a belt carrier, see Fig. .1, and

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Jisthere picked up and put into the baking pan. To hold the dough from spreading out under the flanges of the shaping drum, the j outer edges of the concave members 12 are callyfconnected With the annular rim, a support ng frame for .j the "drum," a concave composed oftwo edgewlsetelescopicsections adjustably mounted upon the frame and cooperating Withthedrum to. provide a dough into the'saidpassage. a 1 .7 j THOMAS H1 WILLIAMS: wg-witnessesi a T. M.'McALIs'jmR, T L." E. BELLMAN.

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'turned up to form flanges .12 and these'lap I ever the outer face of the drum ends and form side closures for the space between the 40; I nd' meansqfor feeding the dough I 

